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NSF International Certifies Purity of Mannatech Products

NSF International, an independent, not-for-profit organization, that helps protect you by certifying products and writing standards for food, water, air and consumer goods such as dietary supplements, has certified the purity of Mannatech's Ambrotose and Advanced Ambrotose glyconutritional supplements. Mannatech is a leading developer and provider of dietary supplements and skin ...

Study Shows Doctors and Nurses Both Take and Recommend Dietary Supplements

A new study out today found that both doctors and nurses both take and recommend dietary supplements. Apparently their personal use does not influence their recommendation. A higher percentage of doctors and nurses take these supplements than consumers. The landmark "Life...supplemented" Healthcare Professionals (HCP) Impact Study found that more than three ...

Dietary Supplements and Medicated Skin Care and Smoking Cessation Represented the Strongest Performers within OTC Healthcare in 2005

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46752) has announced the addition of Euromonitor International's "NRT Smoking Cessation Aids in the United Kingdom" to their offering. Related Health News:Study Shows Doctors and Nurses Both Take and Recommend Dietary Supplements A new study out today found that both doctors and...Federal Tobacco Tax Increase a ...

June 23rd 2009
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New Study Shows Uninsured Crisis Wildly Overestimated

The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) has released the results of a new study. that shows that the "widely employed estimate of 47 million uninsured Americans is a misleading representation of the problem." The study, authored by Drs. June and David O'Neill of Baruch College and City University of New York, shows ...
June 3rd 2009
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Anthem Blue Cross Provides Access to Comprehensive Transparency Tool

Anthem Blue Cross has announced that its industry-leading transparency initiative will be available to members in the following counties in the state of California: Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Sacramento/Placer and Yolo counties, San Diego, Imperial County, Orange County, San Joaquin/Valley, North Coast/North state, South Bay/South Coast, San ...
June 1st 2009
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BlueCross Makes Coverage Available for South Carolina Graduates Lacking Health Insurance

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), employers will hire twenty two percent fewer college graduates in 2009 than they did last year. What does that mean? Recent college grads will not have health insurance. They'll either go without health insurance or they will need to purchase ...
May 30th 2009
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Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Donates to ASCO Cancer Foundation

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE:WYE), has donated $100,000 to The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Cancer Foundation to help support its efforts to advance cancer research, provide patients with important health information and conduct physician education programs. The donation was presented today during the 45th Annual Meeting ...

Top Blue Cross and Blue Shield-Branded Managed Care Organizations Lost More Than One Million Members in the First Half of 2008

HealthLeaders-InterStudy's Managed Market Surveyor-Rx Evaluates How Medical and Pharmacy Lives are Covered at National, State and MSA Levels NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, the leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that the 15 largest Blue Cross and Blue Shield-branded managed care organizations collectively lost more than one ...

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